Sentences with phrase «about phone hacking»

Questions were also raised that summer when a scandal broke about phone hacking.

He retains the support of Mr Cameron and the Chancellor George Osborne as well as his own ultra-loyal band of press officers, who insist that, despite an endless stream of revelations about the affair, no evidence has emerged that he knew about phone hacking by his reporters.

She has been facing mounting pressure to step down from all sides following the revelations about phone hacking by journalists at the News of the World which she used to edit.

Cameron spent almost two - and - a half hours answering questions about the phone hacking affair in July and today he was on his feet even longer.

• Hugh Grant, the actor, has criticised Scotland Yard for using the Official Secrets Act to try to force the Guardian to reveal details of how it obtained information about phone hacking.

And people should care about phone hacking because it was being used to run and intimidate their politicians.

On 13 July, Cameron named Lord Justice Leveson as chairman of the inquiry, with a remit to look into the specific claims about phone hacking at the News of the World, the initial police inquiry and allegations of illicit payments to police by the press, and a second inquiry to review the general culture and ethics of the British media.

On a more positive note, 44 % say his opposition to war in Syria makes them feel better about him as leader, and an indentical amount feel the same way over his speaking out about phone hacking.

The reporter was one of two people who said Coulson was present during discussions about phone hacking.

The Downing Street spin doctor handed in his notice because he could not shrug off allegations that he knew about phone hacking when he was Editor of the News of the World.

Cameron said he received assurances from Coulson about phone hacking.

(2) Having decided to attend Rupert Murdoch's summer party only a few weeks ago, did Ed Miliband ask him or senior News International executives about phone hacking?

He spoke to Andrew Neil as former News of the World editor Colin Myler and former NI legal manager Tom Crone were questioned about phone hacking scandal in Parliament.

Jonathan Laidlaw QC said that since the Milly Dowler hacking revelations, many people «hated» Brooks and there had been «profound anger» within News International when News of the World was shut down, yet not one former colleague had come forward to say she knew about phone hacking.

«Fewer scoops, but fewer breaches» Legal expert Joshua Rozenberg explained that the police may have passed information about phone hacking to the Crown Prosecution Service, who may have decided not to charge more journalists.

Former News of the World editor and Downing Street spin chief Andy Coulson is today expected to be arrested over allegations he knew about phone hacking and bribing police officers.